“Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you’d like to act.” – Bob Dylan Without maintenance, everything in life degrades. If you stop taking care of your vehicle, it will eventually stop running. Neglecting relationships will lead to their erosion. Stop being active and you will gain weight. Upkeep is required […]
Tag: Resolution
How Are Your Goals Going?
“It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.” – Ella Maillart Do you remember all of those noble goals you set during the new year? The middle of the year is almost upon us with the summer solstice occurring next week1. […]
Improve By 1% Everyday
“The Kaizen Philosophy assumes that our way of life – be it our working life, our social life, or our home life – deserves to be constantly improved.” – Masaaki Imai Self improvement is hard. There are bad days where your best self seems impossibly far away. Exhaustion can cause a rude statement to blurt out. […]
Be Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
“Fate whispers to the warrior ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.’” – Unknown Nobody wants to be uncomfortable. Our bodies are designed against discomfort. If you have an itch, you scratch it. If a seat is uncomfortable, your body gives you signals to get up. This instinctual want has roots far […]
Love the To-Do List
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney To live is to have things to do. The only time you will have nothing pending is when you’re dead. It’s easier to appreciate the existence of chores and tasks while keeping this fact in mind. As they are guaranteed, we’re […]
Time for Analog
“With everything you do, in fact, you should train yourself to question your repeated behaviors.” – Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational A day of staring at a screen ends in an evening with the glow of a device casting your shadow on the back wall. Any prolonged period of deep thought is destroyed by the unending notification pings […]